Entries from November 2007

November 18, 2007

To Blog or Not to Blog

Okay, I’ve reached my own personal tipping point. I have toyed with the idea of blogging for some time now, but to tell you the truth, I wondered why anyone would really care what I personally think. Wow! I can’t believe I just wrote that!
 
After coming to my senses very recently (some of us are [...]

November 14, 2007

No Recourse?

As members of Women for Peace Iowa, we have agreed that the Bush administration is guilty of at least two crimes, by both American and International Law: the unwarranted invasion of a sovereign nation and the use of torture (see discussion on waterboarding below). What we don’t agree on yet is what we believe [...]

November 12, 2007

Middle East Peace Speakers in Iowa

AAI & Concerned Iowans for Middle East Peace are pleased to present
Prospects for Peace in Israel and Palestine: A Conversation with the Drafters of the Geneva Accord, Daniel Levy & Ghaith al-Omari.
Friday, November 16th
1:30 – 3 pm – Iowa City
Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A
123 South Linn Street
7 – 9 pm [...]

November 8, 2007

We provide the checks

For those of you who don’t get MSNBC, here’s the latest Keith Olbermann smackdown:

In this context my friend Richard astutely points out that the Bush administration is keen on having us mistake facts for interpretations, and vice versa:
…the Bush Administration is still trying to convince us that something that is a [...]